RBS Forgery Scandal Metastasizes Days before Crucial Earnings Report by Don Quijones • Feb 20, 2018 • 20 Comments The bailed-out megabank hasn’t had a single year in the black since 2007.
On Closer Inspection, Debt of Bankrupt Spanish Construction Firm Grows Four-Fold by Don Quijones • Feb 17, 2018 • 36 Comments What happens if cases like this prove to be the rule rather than the exception?
Another Big British Bank Lands in Deep Trouble by Don Quijones • Feb 13, 2018 • 26 Comments Barclays faces a criminal trial in the UK. Last week it was RBS.
Bridgewater Bets Big against Largest Banks in Spain & Italy by Don Quijones • Feb 10, 2018 • 21 Comments World’s largest hedge fund puts down $13 Bn to profit from trouble in the EU
Barcelona Grapples with its Housing Crisis by Don Quijones • Feb 8, 2018 • 29 Comments Local tenants vs. global capital in search of assets.
Nuclear Follies in the UK: in Search of High-Cost Power without Strategy at the Wrong Time by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Feb 7, 2018 • 28 Comments Then there is the issue of long term predictions.
Bailed-Out RBS Systemically Forged Customer Signatures: Whistle-Blowers by Don Quijones • Feb 6, 2018 • 40 Comments Small-business customers suffered most at the bank’s hands.
Crash of Outsourcing Giant with 70,000 Employees Globally Sparks New Panic by Don Quijones • Feb 2, 2018 • 51 Comments “Not another Carillion,” says UK government to soothe frazzled nerves, as entire industry is teetering.
Customer Lawsuits Pummel Spanish Banks by Don Quijones • Jan 30, 2018 • 17 Comments After it collapsed, Banco Popular was discovered to have 55,000 complaints against it.
The Public Is Becoming Restive over Britain’s Privatized Utilities by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Jan 28, 2018 • 47 Comments Even the Financial Times throws in the towel.